Wheeling Boys Track & Field

Contratulations to Peter Rothbart, Al Chery and Jarrett Austin for qualifiying to the Illinois Prep Top Time Inv. @ Illinois Weslyan University Saturday. The event bring the best in the state together for the last indoor meet of the season.

Proviso East Inv. - The Cats finished a respectable 8th place out of 20 teams on friday night. Your Track cats stepped in up a notch. Starting with the 3200m relay finishing 4th and improving 10 seconds from our effort the week before. (8:28.9) (Yordanov, Gajos, Martin, Kirby) All 4 ran season best and two had personal bests. Al Chery joined the team this week after finishing the basketball season and began high jumping for the first time since freshman year. Al jumped 6' 5" and finsihed a strong 3rd in a very team HJ event. Jarrett finished 6th in both HJ and PV. Peter Rothbart continued to improve threw 53' 6.5" a personal best to finsh 6th. Our F/S 1600m relay ran 3:47 to finish 5th (M. Splon, W. Ross, M. Osipov, I. Dobvac). Our 4x200m team debuted with a respectable 1:36.2 finishing 5th. (Rangel, Ward, Splon, Austin). Abel Rangel, finished 6th with 20' 6" in the long jump.

MSL Indoor Inv - The Cats almost stole the show. Palatine won the meet by 2 points and 2 tenths of a second. Palatine 92, Wheeling 90, Fremd had 83.5 with 6 other MSL schools following. The Cats were lead by three first place finishes in a row. The 3200m Relay (Martin, Yordanov, Gajos, Segura) 8:38.3, 4-Lap relay - (Rifkin, Rangel, Splon, Ward) 1:12.3, and Eric Rodriguez won the 3200m run - 10:05.9. We were also helped by Rifkin's win in the 400m run, Peter Rothbart 2nd Place in the Shot (50' 4.5"), Ward and Rifkin 4th in the 200m. In addition, Jarrett Austin, finished 2nd in HJ, 4th in PV, 2nd in 55m HH, 3rd 55m IH. The 1600m Relay (Koranda, Gajos, Rangel, Martin) finished tied for 3rd, 1 tenth of a second from a 2nd place tie and 2 tenths from a 2nd place finish which could have won us the title. An overall outstanding effort by this group.

Maine East Inv. - Wheeling traveled to Maine East again for the 15 team invitational. The Cats fnished 4th with 72 points. Our only event winner was Jarrett Austin in the High Jump (6' 0"). We did have several 2nd place finished with Westin Ross (HJ 5' 10") , Abel Rangel (400m - 53.2), F/S 4-Lap Relay (C. Rodas, W. Ross, M. Osipov, M. Splon), and the Weight Man relay (P. Rothbart, L. Bledsoe, T. Peak, and T. Schalz) We continue to develop and get stronger with each meet.

Mundelein Dual - Our friday night dual with Mundelein had it's share of development. Wheeling defeated Mundelein 84-39, both teams used mainly JV athletes since both Varsity team's were competing on saturday. Jarrett Austin and Westin Ross put on a show, jumping 6'4" and 6' 1" in the High Jump. Jarrett reach this years state qualifiying mark. There were many solid improvements, take a look at the results by following the RESULTS link above.

Wildcat finish 2nd at own Invite - The Cats had a solid team performance on saturday at our own invitational. Dundee Crown won the meet with 129 points, Wheeling finished 2nd with 111 points. The Cats were lead by five first place finishes, Peter Rothbart in the Shot Put (52' 1.5"), Shainn Gill in the Triple Jump (40' 9"), Eric Rodriguez in the 3200m run (10:29.3), Phil Rifkin in the 400m (54.5), and Kevin Ward in the 55m (6.8).






				2008 Schedule \| Meet Results \| 2008 Team Results \| 2007 Results \| 2006 Results\| 2005 Results \| 2004 Results \| 2003 Results \| 2002 Results Updates coming soon. Sectional meet friday night at Palatine!! Contratulations to Peter Rothbart, Al Chery and Jarrett Austin for qualifiying to the Illinois Prep Top Time Inv. @ Illinois Weslyan University Saturday. The event bring the best in the state together for the last indoor meet of the season. Proviso East Inv. - The Cats finished a respectable 8th place out of 20 teams on friday night. Your Track cats stepped in up a notch. Starting with the 3200m relay finishing 4th and improving 10 seconds from our effort the week before. (8:28.9) (Yordanov, Gajos, Martin, Kirby) All 4 ran season best and two had personal bests. Al Chery joined the team this week after finishing the basketball season and began high jumping for the first time since freshman year. Al jumped 6' 5" and finsihed a strong 3rd in a very team HJ event. Jarrett finished 6th in both HJ and PV. Peter Rothbart continued to improve threw 53' 6.5" a personal best to finsh 6th. Our F/S 1600m relay ran 3:47 to finish 5th (M. Splon, W. Ross, M. Osipov, I. Dobvac). Our 4x200m team debuted with a respectable 1:36.2 finishing 5th. (Rangel, Ward, Splon, Austin). Abel Rangel, finished 6th with 20' 6" in the long jump. MSL Indoor Inv - The Cats almost stole the show. Palatine won the meet by 2 points and 2 tenths of a second. Palatine 92, Wheeling 90, Fremd had 83.5 with 6 other MSL schools following. The Cats were lead by three first place finishes in a row. The 3200m Relay (Martin, Yordanov, Gajos, Segura) 8:38.3, 4-Lap relay - (Rifkin, Rangel, Splon, Ward) 1:12.3, and Eric Rodriguez won the 3200m run - 10:05.9. We were also helped by Rifkin's win in the 400m run, Peter Rothbart 2nd Place in the Shot (50' 4.5"), Ward and Rifkin 4th in the 200m. In addition, Jarrett Austin, finished 2nd in HJ, 4th in PV, 2nd in 55m HH, 3rd 55m IH. The 1600m Relay (Koranda, Gajos, Rangel, Martin) finished tied for 3rd, 1 tenth of a second from a 2nd place tie and 2 tenths from a 2nd place finish which could have won us the title. An overall outstanding effort by this group. Maine East Inv. - Wheeling traveled to Maine East again for the 15 team invitational. The Cats fnished 4th with 72 points. Our only event winner was Jarrett Austin in the High Jump (6' 0"). We did have several 2nd place finished with Westin Ross (HJ 5' 10") , Abel Rangel (400m - 53.2), F/S 4-Lap Relay (C. Rodas, W. Ross, M. Osipov, M. Splon), and the Weight Man relay (P. Rothbart, L. Bledsoe, T. Peak, and T. Schalz) We continue to develop and get stronger with each meet. Mundelein Dual - Our friday night dual with Mundelein had it's share of development. Wheeling defeated Mundelein 84-39, both teams used mainly JV athletes since both Varsity team's were competing on saturday. Jarrett Austin and Westin Ross put on a show, jumping 6'4" and 6' 1" in the High Jump. Jarrett reach this years state qualifiying mark. There were many solid improvements, take a look at the results by following the RESULTS link above. Wildcat finish 2nd at own Invite - The Cats had a solid team performance on saturday at our own invitational. Dundee Crown won the meet with 129 points, Wheeling finished 2nd with 111 points. The Cats were lead by five first place finishes, Peter Rothbart in the Shot Put (52' 1.5"), Shainn Gill in the Triple Jump (40' 9"), Eric Rodriguez in the 3200m run (10:29.3), Phil Rifkin in the 400m (54.5), and Kevin Ward in the 55m (6.8). Cats win Maine East Quad - The Wildcats got the 2008 season underway with a 3-0 start defeating Conant, Maine East and Notre Dame this past Thursday. The Cats were lead by several great early season performances. Peter Rothbart started the season with a 50' 7" in the shotput. Shainn Gill won the Triple Jump in 39' 4". Phil Rifkin won the 400 in 54.6, along with Toni Segura's 2nd place finishes the 800m (2:09) and 1600m (4:53). The Frosh-soph also won their meet. Always nice to start the season on a winning note. MSL EAST DIVISION CHAMPS!!! It has been a long time since we could say that!! It was an exciting meet and even better to end up on top. The Wildcats won with 113, Rolling Meadows 111, Prospect 107 and Hersey 105. This was a true team effort. We scored points in events we didn't expect to score in. We won only 1 event the shot put. We had many 2nd place efforts which helped to boost our final total. If you have questions or concerns please contact coach Polak at tom.polak@d214.org